A7ii and the HVL F32M flash

[Dunkinidaho]

In the old days of film I would mount my flash unit on an L bracket attached to the camera. A simple cable from the flash to the camera and you were good to go. Is the same set up workable today with the above listed camera and flash? Obviousely there is no cable now, so can it work wirelessly?

 

thanks

[michelb]

There are cables but they are from another era (Minolta) and they are very expensive. Search on the Sony web site.

 

There are 2 or 3 ways to achieve this using Minolta cables combined with Sony adapters.

 

Option 1 :

- Sony FA-CS1M on your camera shoe

- Minolta Cable CD (or Sony equivalent)

- Sony FA-CS1M mounted on the foot that is supplied with your flash to mount it on the bracket ( and it may look clumsy with that foot standing out)

 

Option 2 :

- Sony ADP-MAA adapter on your camera shoe

- Minolta Cable OC-1100 (or Sony equivalent)

- Minolta OS-1100 shoe (which has a mounting thread underneath) on which you mount a Sony ADP-AMA adapter (notice the different name)

 

A company called Mello, i think makes a simple and less expensive all in one cable but it will be limited in length to .5 to 1meter

[jaclarkaus]

Sony has wireless flashes, but I found them unimpressive (32) or overheat (60). Went to a Nissin i40 and was really happy with it as it had manual adjustment dials on the rear, and given the high ISO capability, worked fine for most on camera flash situations.

 

Wanted wireless and the the Nissin solution is cheap (cheaper than Sony though) and 'is coming' but has been coming for ages!

 

I have now moved to Godox which not only allows 2.4g transmissions between their transmitters and flashes but allows interaction between their wireless flashes and wireless receivers for different bands (Nikon/Canon/Sony/Olympus/Fuji). With this, I can use my existing Canon flashes along with Godox Sony version flashes wirelessly with my A7RII and it just works.